Dodge Dart Complaints

2,535 consumer complaints on file.

#10907397September 17, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAD MY CAR FOR 5 MONTHS BEFORE HAVING ELECTRICAL ISSUES. EVERY LIGHT IN THE DASH CAME ON MY CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN ON IT'S OWN UNTIL IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. EVERY GEAR ON THE SHIFTER TURNED RED AFTER PUTTING THE CAR IN PARK LEAVING ME WITH NOTHING ELSE TO DO BUT TURN THE CAR OFF. AFTER TURNING IT OFF I TRIED TO TURN THE KEY OVER TO RESTART BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T COME ON AT ALL. AFTER THAT I HAD MY CAR TIRED TO ONE DODGE DEALERSHIP, WHICH IT STAYED FOR 2 WEEKS UNTIL THEY DECIDED THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO SO THEY HAD ME YOU'RE IT TO ANOTHER DODGE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT STAYED 2 MONTHS. AFTER REPLACING THE HARNESS TWICE, THE ABS MODULE TWICE AND THE SHIFTER CABLE THEY TOLD ME IT WAS READY. I PICKED UP MY CAR THURSDAY AND GUESS WHAT TWO DAYS LATER (TODAY TO BE EXACT) IT HAS DONE IT AGAIN. I'M NOT ONLY AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR, I AM DOWN TO NO VEHICLE AGAIN.FYI THIS IS ABOUT $4000 LATER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10907079September 16, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
TOOK IN 4 RECALL BRAKE BOOSTER ENDED UP WITH HAVING TO REPLACE ENTIRE CLUTCH ASSEMBY TO THE TUNE OF $2300. HAD THE CAR FOR LESS THAN 48 HOURS AND IT COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN COULD NOT CRANK OR PUT HAZZARD LIGHTS ON AND WAS IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED BACK TO DEALERSHIP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10906998September 15, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ON 5-21-16 WHILE DRIVING AFTER TURNING ON A CITY STREET THE CAR STARTED BEEPING AND THE GAS WOULDN'T WORK. THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR CAME TO A ROLLING STOP. ALL LIGHTS WORKED. THE WINDOW WOULD ONLY ROLL HALFWAY DOWN. VEHICLE WOULD NOT START BACK. VEHICLE HAD 700 MILES ON IT. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START IT BACK WITH PUSH BUTTON AND KEY IT FINALLY STARTED. ON 9-15-16 WHILE MAKING A TURN THE CAR STARTED BEEPING AND CAME TO A ROLLING STOP. THE IGNITION WAS STILL LIT UP RUN. THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. ALL LIGHTS WORKED. RPM WERE 0. VEHICLE HAS 7,062 MILES ON IT. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL TIMES WHERE THE ENGINE HAS TRIED TO DIE WHILE BACKING UP OR TAKING OFF IN DRIVE FROM A COMPLETE STOP. THIS IS NOT SAFE! AFTER RESEARCHING I FOUND THIS WAS AN ISSUE WITH OLDER MODELS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10904033September 12, 2016
POWER TRAIN
2013 DODGE DART. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO REPLACEMENT PARTS NOT AVAILABLE TO REPAIR TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE RECALL NOTICE. *SMD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10905854September 12, 2016
POWER TRAIN
WHILE DRIVING MY 2014 DODGE DART, THE CLUTCH DROPPED COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR BOARD IN BETWEEN SHIFTING FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR MAKING SHIFTING IMPOSSIBLE, WHILE I WAS DRIVING UP A 2 LANE HILL IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE WAS NO SHOULDER TO PULL OVER TO AT THE MOMENT THE CLUTCH DROPPED, CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO REACH DOWN AND GRAB IT WITH MY LEFT HAND. I WAS UNABLE TO RE ENGAGE THE CLUTCH, THUS STAYED IN SECOND GEAR UNTIL I REACHED THE TOP OF THE HILL WHERE A SHOULDER BECAME AVAILABLE. I GENTLY USED THE BRAKE TO SLOW THE CAR DOWN WHILE IN THE SHOULDER UNTIL THE CARE STALLED OUT. AFTER SITTING IN THE CARE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES I TRIED TO START MY CAR BUT WAS UNABLE TO BECAUSE OF THE CLUTCH RESTING ON THE FLOOR BOARD, I WAS ABLE TO PULL IT UP WITH MY HAND AND UPON RELEASE IT WOULD FALL BACK TO THE FLOOR BOARD. AFTER SEVERAL MORE MINUTES THE CLUTCH SEEMED TO CORRECT ITSELF, LETTING ME STAT MY CAR AND RESUME MY TRIP HOME, APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE FURTHER. WHILE CONTINUING MY TRIP, THE CLUTCH SEEMED TO LOOSE "PRESSURE" AND HAD TO PRESS THE CLUTCH COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR BOARD IN ORDER TO SHIFT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS ISSUE HAS COM UP, THE FIRST TIME BEING REPAIRED IN JULY 2015.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10905707September 12, 2016
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 DODGE DART. WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN FROM A STOP, AN ABNORMAL SOUND EMITTED FROM THE STEERING WHEEL WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,900.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10905018September 9, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
PARKING BRAKE HAS BEEN INOPERABLE IN LIEU OF GALVANIC CORROSION ON THE REAR BRAKE CALIPER. THE STEEL SPRING LOCATED AT THE REAR BRAKE CALIPERS WHICH REGULATES THE OPERATION OF THE EMERGENCY BRAKE OR PARKING BRAKE HAS SEIZED WITH ITS ROTATING ARMATURE. THIS STARTED HAPPENING OVER A YEAR AGO AND AS OF TWO MONTHS AGO HAS COMPLETELY SEIZED. I FIRST CHANGED THE REAR BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS IN HOPES THAT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM HOWEVER, IT ONLY CAUSED THE REAR EMERGENCY BRAKE CALIPER TO NOT RELEASE WHILE DRIVING. I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND COMPLETELY RELEASE ALL OF THE PARKING BRAKE TENSION THROUGH THE HANDLE ADJUSTMENT BOLT. THEN I HAD PHYSICALLY PUSH AND PULL THE VEHICLE BACK AND FORTH AT WHICH POINT THE REAR BRAKE PADS SLOWLY RELEASED. I COULD NOT GET THE BRAKES TO RE-ENGAGE AFTER, AND HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED THE SPRING ASSEMBLY IS SEIZED ON THE REAR CALIPERS FOR THE PARKING BRAKE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10904651September 8, 2016
POWER TRAIN
CARE DROPPED INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING AND SHUT ITSELF OFF. THIS CAR HAS HAD TRANSMISSION CONTROL REPLACE 2X AND ENTIRE TRANSMISSION REPLACED 1X. CONTINUALLY HAVING AN ISSUE. TRIED TO HAVE CHRYSLER BUY IT BACK BUT THEY REFUSE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10903828September 6, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE SHIFT LEVER INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED TO THE NEUTRAL POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V542000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10903289September 2, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
I HAVE REPLACED THE HI/LO BEAM HEADLAMPS MULTIPLE TIMES, WHEN I WENT TO CHANGE IT THIS TIME, THE RECEIVER PLUG HOUSING ON THE WIRE HARNESS IS MELTED TO THE POINT THAT IT WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED, UNABLE TO ATTACH THE NEW BULB AND THE OLD BULB WAS NEARLY FUSED DUE TO THE HEAT WHEN IT MELTED, LUCKILY IT DID NOT CATCH ON FIRE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10903073September 1, 2016
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR SWITCH FRACTURED ON THE VEHICLE. IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10899521August 30, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY DODGE DART IT KEEP CLICKING WHILE PARKED IN ENGINE OFF!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10899574August 30, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, POWER TRAIN
TAKATA RECALL - ON 8/9/2016 I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM A USED CAR DEALERSHIP. THE GEAR SHIFT/CLUTCH SKIPS, STICKS, AND JUMPS, WHENEVER I MOVE IT FROM PARK TO REVERSE OR DRIVE. THIS HAPPENS CONSISTENTLY. ALSO, THE CAR WAS SOLD TO ME WITH A DRY CABLE BRAKE WIRE, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO MAKE A VERY LOUD NOISE. I REPORTED THESE ISSUES TO THE DEALER THAT I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM, THEY LUBRICATED THE BRAKE CABLE WIRE, HOWEVER, THEY SAID THAT THIS IS NORMAL FOR DUAL CLUTCHES TO DO THIS - SKIP, JUMP, AND STICK. ALSO, THE VEHICLE HESITATES TO ACCELERATE, AND THE DEALER THAT I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE COME SAID THIS IS NORMAL. THIS CAR HAD LOW MILEAGE ON IT AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE (38,013), I HAVE FILED A CLAIM AGAINST DODGE, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. ALSO, I DISCOVERED THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE HAD EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS PROBLEMS SINCE THE TIME THAT HE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE, WHICH THE VEHICLE HAD 0 MILES ON IT AT THAT TIME, AND EVEN HE FILED A CLAIM AGAINST DODGE FOR THE VERY SAME PROBLEMS, PLUS FOR OTHER COMPONENT FAILURES SINCE THE DAY THAT HE PURCHASED IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10899094August 29, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
AT TIMES THE CAR WILL NOT START BACK UP UNTIL YOU WAIT ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND EVERYTHING HAS TO BE OFF FOR IT TO DO SO. NEWEST PROBLEM IS IT SUDDENLY SLAMS ON BRAKES WHILE ALREADY STOPPED, THE CONTROL PANEL'S LIGHTS COME ON, IT WON'T GO INTO SECOND GEAR SOMETIMES PROBLEMS WITH THIRD GEAR. IN ORDER TO FIX THIS YOU HAVE TO KEEP TURNING THE CAR OFF AND WAITING ABOUT 7 MINUTES FOR THE COMPUTER TO RESET ITSELF THEN IT'S GOOD UNTIL MAYBE NEXT DAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10898408August 25, 2016
POWER TRAIN
MY TRANSMISSION LIGHT HAS CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY AND I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR TWO MONTHS. MILAGE IS AT 24,000 AND ALREADY TRANMISSION ISSUES. I TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP AT THAT TIME THE LIGHT WAS OFF THEY TOLD ME NOT TO WORRY AND THAT IT WILL TAKE 6 WEEKS FOR THEM TO LOOK AT THE ISSUE. I AM VERY CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY. ALSO I TURNED MY CAR OFF AND IT WOULD NOT TURN ON I WAITED 7 MINUTES AND IT TURNED ON BUT THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT WAS ON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10898543August 25, 2016
POWER TRAIN
**TAKATA RECALL**I HAD THE CLUTCH REPLACED MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED AUTO WITHIN WARRANTY. CLUTCH SLIPPED COUPLE OF TIMES LAST MONTH AND NOW IT STUCK TO FLOOR AND THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE AREA OF TRANSMISSION AND CLUTCH. MY BROTHER IN LAW AND SON WORK ON CARS AND ADVISED MY TO LET DEALER KNOW. I DID SCHEDULE AN APPT WITH DEALER PRIOR TO CAR FINALLY DID NOT MOVE. WHEN I DID TOW IT TO DEALER THEY ADVISED IT WAS DUE TO MY OVER RIDING OF CLUTCH. I HAVE HAD STANDARD CLUTCH AUTOS ALL MY LIFE AND I KNOW HOW TO DRIVE THEM. I CALLED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE, THEY CALLED DEALER AND WAS ADVISED NOW MY MILES IS OVER THE WARRANTY WHICH EXPIRES 11/8/2018 FOR X62 HYDRAULIC CLUTCH. SO, MY ISSUE IS, I DID NOT OVER RIDE MY CLUTCH AND WHAT DOES WARRANTY HAVE TO DO WITH MY CLUTCH ISSUED FOR THE 2ND TIME THIS HAPPENING. I HAVE HAD MY DODGE DART FOR ALMOST 3 YEARS COME THIS NOVEMBER. MY AUTO IS STILL WITH BUD CLARY DOGDE IN AURBURN, WA AND THEY ADVISED I NEED TO PAY THE DIAGNOSTICS TEST OF $136.88. FOR SAFETY, I WOULD LIKE TO THEM REPLACE CLUTCH OR BUY THE CAR BACK TO I COULD PURCHASE A CAR THAT IS SAFE. I DO NOT WANT TO PAY FOR A CAR THAT UNSAFE FOR MYSELF, PASSENGERS AND THOSE AROUND ME. CAR STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WE PUSHED TO NEARBY GAS STATION . **MY CASE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION WITH CHYRSLER AND STILL AWAITING RESULTS....**CASE# 2990499**..HELP!!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10898119August 24, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING
I'VE HAD MY CAR FOR OVER A YEAR NOW AND I HAVE 9850 MILES ON MY VEHICLE. AROUND 1AM AFTER COMING BACK HOME FROM WORK GOING 60MPH, I HEARD A LOUD CLUNK IN MY STEERING WHEEL AND I DECIDED TO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO IT BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS THE ROAD. I TRIED TO SWITCH LANES, WHEN SUDDENLY I COULDN'T MOVE MY STEERING WHEEL AT ALL. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ONE BEHIND ME SO I STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AS SOON AS I HIT ABOUT 13MPH MY STEERING WHEEL BECAME UNSTUCK AND I WAS ABLE TO MOVE AGAIN. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK IT TO HUNTER DODGE IN LANCASTER CA AND WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN THEY TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. ABOUT 3 DAYS LATER, I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 60MPH AGAIN AND MY CAR STARTED TO DRIFT INTO THE DIRT WHILE I WAS GOING BACK HOME. I TRIED RE-CENTERING MY CAR TO THE CENTER, BUT MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED ONCE MORE AND I STARTED GOING INTO THE DIRT. I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES AND LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO STOP BEFORE I HIT A TREE. I TOOK IT BACK A 2ND TIME AND ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN AND THEY HAD IT FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND THEY STILL DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. LUCKILY THE TIMES IT HAS HAPPENED I WAS ALONE IN THE CAR. INAM.GLAD TO SAY THAT MY FAMILY AND MY SOON TO BE WIFE WASN'T IN THAT CAR. I CANNOT DRIVE MY CAR TO LA BECAUSE OF THE FEAR THAT MY STEERING WHEEL MAY LOCK UP ON ME WHILE ON THE FREEWAY. PLEASE HELP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10897943August 23, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V800000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10897724August 22, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL WIHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE TIMES. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V542000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 51,644. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10897484August 21, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT ABOUT 35 MPH MY BRAKE LIGHT SENSOR TURNED ON; WITHOUT THE BRAKE BEING PUSHED OR EMERGENCY BRAKE BEING ON. PULLED OVER PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND SHUT IT OFF. TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND THE LIGHT NO LONGER APPEARED. AS I WAS REVERSING OUT OF MY DRIVE WAY I APPLIED BRAKES, MY VEHICLE DIDN'T STOP I PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE THAT DIDN'T STOP THE VEHICLE EITHER. UPON PUSHING THE BRAKE IT SEEMED "SEEMED STUCK" UNABLE TO PUSH IT DOWN ALL THE WAY. I WAS ABLE TO CHANGE MY GEAR INTO DRIVE AND TRIED TO PUSH THE BRAKES IN HOWEVER, MY CAR FAILED TO STOP UNTIL I PLACED MY CAR IN PARK AND APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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